noun
- peas collectively; the plural form of pea
Usage: archaic or dialectal
Examples
- The old recipe called for a cup of dried pease.
- Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, as the nursery rhyme goes.
- The farmer harvested his pease in early summer.
- She cooked the pease with ham for a hearty soup.
- The medieval cookbook mentioned pease as a common ingredient.